Tetradrachm (cistophoros) of Pergamon with cista mystica
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 133–67 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Pergamon
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 12.69 gm. Die Axis: 11
Accession Number
63.1616
Medium or Technique
Silver
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Obverse: Half-open cista mystica, from which serpent emerges left.
Ivy wreath around.
Reverse: Bow-case, ornamented with an aplustre, between two coiled serpents.
At right, staff (or thyrsos?) entwined by serpent.
Monogram at left and monogram below the two Greek letters above the heads of the serpents.
Provenance
By 1963: with Hans von Aulock; purchased by MFA from Hans von Aulock, November 13, 1963
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour